The Government of Canada is using every tool at its disposal, leveraging technology, innovation and partnerships, to build homes at scale.
To that end, Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault, Member of Parliament for Madawaska-Restigouche, Honourable Gilles LePage, Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister responsible for the Regional Development Corporation, and Eric Marquis, Mayor of the City of Edmundston, announced a federal investment of more than $1 million, a provincial contribution of more than $715,000, and a municipal investment of more than $678,000 through the Canada Housing Infrastructure Fund (CHIF) to improve the water and sewer infrastructure needed to build more homes, faster.
Funding will support the extension of water and sewer services to three lots in Edmundston-North. Work will include installing several hundreds of metres of drinking water pipes and sanitary sewers, as well as 80 metres of stormwater pipe to service the proposed developments on Laboissonnière Avenue, des Mélèzes Street, and Mgr Lacroix Avenue.
This project will also build upon the area's natural infrastructure by converting an open ditch into a retention pond and replacing selected pipes and culverts to manage the increased stormwater flows. These extensions and upgrades will enable the construction of approximately 700 new housing units.
These types of important infrastructure projects support the Government of Canada's goal to address the housing crisis, and complement the work of Build Canada Homes, a new federal agency that will build affordable houses, support builders with financing, and encourage better building methods.
Together, we will make housing more affordable by unleashing the power of public-private cooperation, catalysing a modern housing industry, and creating new careers in the skilled trades.
